[DeTomaso] Need Collective Wisdom: To Undercoat or Not?

[Mike Drew]

Corey,

Yes to undercoating. There is a ton of debris that gets kicked up or sucked up as you are driving along. Undercoating protects the underside from insults from rocks etc, and also provides an element of noise deadening. 

I have seen show cars that were just painted underneath. Paint quickly chips away of the car is driven, leaving bare metal which then starts rusting. It also makes the car sound tinny and tin-canny compared to a nice, thick layer of rubberized goop.

Inside the fender wells it’s especially important to protect the paint from starring from rocks striking the underside of the fenders.

Mike

Sent from my iPad

> On Sep 18, 2020, at 12:36, Corey Price <coreyjprice at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>    All,
>   Please give me your opinions and wisdom on undercoating: should someone
>   re-undercoat after a complete strip down and removal of all old
>   undercoating and subsequent painting? Why or why not? How about
>   replacing undercoating with a bedliner product?
>   I'm stripping undercoating off the bottom of my car and I can't stand
>   the stuff. I have to admit that it isn't hiding stuff on my car and
>   appears to have done an okay job of rust prevention.
>   Corey
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